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Points: 14693 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 23 2011 at 10:52
It is unusual coming from a newspaper such as The Guardian, which prides itself on quality arts coverage across all aspects; whether they commissioned this review from outside, or whether they used a staff reporter is anyone's guess.

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Quote The name of the musicians was mispelled and in some cases; so was the band name


Mind you, the Guardian is known for its mis-spelling (hence its nickname 'The Grauniad')

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Points: 3658 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 23 2011 at 10:23

I have read far worse gigs reviews than that. 

It was very acceptable, the only acceptable thing to do, in fact, by journalists to write put downs of heavy metal gigs back in the 1980s. The mainstream newspapers and magazines sent journalists to the heavy metal gigs who really hated the music like atheists hates sermons. The result was partly a review/gross insulting put down of ten thousand strong audience and some words about the music. The name of the musicians was mispelled and in some cases; so was the band name. Anyone heard about a band called Iron Nadden ? They normally trades under the name Iron Maiden. The audience was describe as illiterate chimps. 

The Rush review above is bordering to good compared to the bad old days. These days, the journalists is required to treat people with respect. 
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Points: 32524 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 23 2011 at 10:18
And for the zillionth time, 2112 is NOT a concept album.
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Points: 5208 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 23 2011 at 10:11
"Preposterously pretentious" 
 
ummm, no. They seem to take themselves less seriously than most pop musician's, always include humor.
 
And "A zillion notes" blah blah blah...this guy clearly hasn't heard metal made after 1986.
 
 
Other than the video at the beginning and hinting at the setlist, nothing he has to say is about the performance. Just generic rips on the band.
 
I too think he left early in the concert and still wrote the review. Boo to him.
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Points: 8696 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 23 2011 at 10:04
One wonders if he had heard of Rush before the five minutes he spent googling them to write that article. XD
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Points: 20030 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 23 2011 at 09:34
 A lazy job written with the usual cliches but quoting lyrics from their second album. He gets the concept of 2112 wrong as well
 
Very poor job.
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Points: 546 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 23 2011 at 09:26
I don't even like Rush and I got offended by that :S
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Points: 15784 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 23 2011 at 09:19
That's pretty atrocious. Even his factual stuff is wrong. "The Spirit of Radio" is the only proper hit, yet they've had 3 songs which both peaked higher and spent more time on the Billboard Top 100. 
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Points: 14693 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 23 2011 at 09:02
And this from one of the UK's more quality newspapers:

Rush review from The Guardian

Do you think this guy was actually there...???

I'll try to do better later in the week

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